Job Description

First VP, Quality Engineering Lead (Payments), Group TechnologyPosting Date: 14 Apr 2024Location:
Singapore, SGCompany: United Overseas Bank LtdAbout UOBUnited Overseas Bank Limited (UOB) is a leading bank in Asia with a global network of more than 500 branches and offices in 19 countries and territories in Asia Pacific, Europe and North America. In Asia, we operate through our head office in Singapore and banking subsidiaries in China, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, as well as branches and offices. Our history spans more than 80 years. Over this time, we have been guided by our values - Honorable, Enterprising, United and Committed. This means we always strive to do what is right, build for the future, work as one team and pursue long-term success. It is how we work, consistently, be it towards the company, our colleagues or our customers.About the DepartmentGroup Technology and Operations (GTO) provides software and system development, information technology support services and banking operations.We have centralized and standardized the technology components into Singapore, creating a global footprint which can be utilized for supporting our regional subsidiaries and the branches around the world. We operate and support 19 countries with this architecture to provide a secure and flexible banking infrastructure.Our Operations divisions provide transactional customer services for our businesses while also focusing on cost efficiency through process improvements, automation and straight through processing.Job ResponsibilitiesThe expectation of the Quality Engineering Lead is to work with Build development teams to deliver better quality software (less code bugs, avoiding incorrect understanding of requirements or specifications, preventing incidents) more efficiently (time and cost savings).

• Drive developer productivity and cost reduction on development.
• Reduce defect leakage to SIT and UAT from current state.
• Reduce defect density.
• Drive in-dev test automation for microservices / APIs for all builds.
• Ensure compliance to Code Quality, Branching strategy.
• Ensure compliance to the single code base approach.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor Degree in Computer Science / Engineering
• Experience as a Quality Engineer applying good software engineering practices and quality assurance tools to achieve both quality and efficiency in software development.
• Minimum 8 years of hands-on experience and deep technical skills in the following technologies:

• Java technology

• Java Spring, Spring Boot and Spring Batch
• Apache Camel
• Object Relational Model for persistence (example MyBatis)
• Java testing (example JUnit and JMeter)
• Web technology (ReactJS)
• API technology

• API Design patterns
• API Security (JWT, Oauth2)
• API testing (example Rest Assured and API mocking tools)
• Continuous Integration (DevOps) technology (Bitbucket, Jenkins and SonarQube)
• Experience as a Developer, delivering the following:

• Web and Online applications (based on the Microservices architecture pattern)
• Batch and Reporting applications
• Experience as a System Analyst, delivering solution design, functional specifications, Open API specifications, technical design
• Experience in Linux, JBOSS or OpenShift container platform will be an advantage.
• Domain knowledge in banking, in particular payments (example SWIFT, ISO20022), will be an advantage.
• Extensive exposure with project SDLC methodology - initiation, planning, tracking, requirement analysis, design, development, testing, implementation on open systems.
• Keep abreast of technology trends in application development.
• Strong conceptual and analytical skills - demonstrating outside-the-box problem solving skills. Must be attentive to details.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.
• A strong and assertive communicator in speaking and writing.
• Resolving and influencing the positive outcome of conflicting objectives and priorities.

Be a part of UOB FamilyUOB is an equal opportunity employer. UOB does not discriminate on the basis of a candidate\'s age, race, gender, color, religion, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or other non-merit factors. All employment decisions at UOB are based on business needs, job requirements and qualifications. If you require any assistance or accommodations to be made for the recruitment process, please inform us when you submit your online application.Apply now and make a difference.

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